Reading
SAA Notes
The Philippian jailor is given a covenant promise – if he believes, then he and his household will be saved. The whole household is baptised immediately at night. The baptism was by sprinkling or pouring (immersion was impossible). It is likewise an unwarranted inference that all the household baptisms would never have children in them. The likelihood is the other way.
SJA Notes
* Dear God, thank You for saving us through Jesus.
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
What a question this is!
A heart that knows it needs a saviour, no stubborn will or resistant mind.
The jailer was a man at the brink of a bad end, about to end his own life because he knew his masters surely would (that the prisoners had escaped).
But they had not, and he trembled with reverent fear.
And asked that question,
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
It is good to us to be reminded of this desperate plea, this desire to be saved.
May those around us be drawn to this state and come and see Jesus.
* Mighty God,
Please save those around us Lord God.
May they believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as King and Saviour.
Amen.